fine arts sale

Twenty one leather bound books, thirteen by Thomas Hardy circa 1926 published by MacMillan & Company, with gilt edging to the top of the paper and eight leather bound Rudyard Kipling novels circa 1928, published by MacMillan housed in a sliding book trough.

Sold for £55

Seven local interest topographical books, 1892 and later, "The Public General Acts" in two volumes, embossed on the leather Chairman of The County Council of The County of Cumberland, two volumes "The Place Names of Westmorland" by A H Smith, published by Cambridge University Press 1967, "Bulmers History and Directory of Furness and Cartmel" circa 1911, "History of Cumberland" by Richard S Ferguson 1890 and "Murray's Handbook of The Lakes Westmorland and Cumberland" 1889.

Sold for £65

Three volumes "Vergile Maronis Opera" by George Long 1875, together with Charles and Mary Cowden Clark "The Works of William Shakespear 1864".

Sold for £30

Four topographical guides of England, "Blacks Guide to Devonshire" 1868 and 1885, together with "Travels in England in 1782 by C P Moritz" published 1886 and Collins full coloured map of Lincolnshire, undated circa 1880.

Estimated: £50 - £80

"The MacLarens A History of Clan Labhran" by Margaret MacLaren, published by Pentland Press Edinburgh 1984, together with "Town Wall of Stirling and Old Bridge of Stirling 1891 and 1893".

Sold for £60

Six topographical and local history books, "The Kirby Family" by Lewis Kirby, signed first edition 1994, limited to 250 copies, "A History of Whitby" by George Young, 1976 reprint and "A History of Whitby and Streoneshalh Abbey" 1990 reprint hard covers, "A History of The Parish Church of Burnside" by Elizabeth Bingham, "Carlisle Down Memory Lane" by Mary Scott Parker 2013, together with "The Rise and Fall of Ewanrigg Hall" by Doris Riley, signed.

Sold for £40

Four signed local interest and mountain climbing books, "A Year In The Life of Langdale Valleys" by Bill Birkett, signed 2017, Norman Croucher "A Man and His Mountains" signed 1984, Chris Bonington & Charles Clark "Tibets Secret Mountain" signed by Charles Clark and "Bonington 1999", together with "Shelagh of Eskdale" signed by Nicholas Size circa 1920.

Sold for £50

A collection of children's illustrated books, "Pookie Puts The World Right" and "Pookie and The Swallows" by I V L Wallace published by Collins, "Stories From The Arabian Nights" illustrated by Edmund Du Lac circa 1924, "The Songs The Letters Sing" by Margaret Tarrant and "The Greenwood Elves" by Nan Simpson, illustrated by Hilda Sutton, signed copy published by Titus Wilson Kendal.

Sold for £40

Nine novels from the library of Margaret Forster, with various letters to Margaret Forster from the publishers asking her to review the books, some signed, some proof copies by Helen Dunmore, Priya Basil, Kate Grenville, Sara George, Carol Birch, Clare Clark, Margaret Forster, Kaye Webb and Thomas Harding.

Estimated: £50 - £80

Ten books from the library of the author Hunter Davies, all signed by the authors, includes some letters from the publishers and authors, five books by Hunter Davies, "Waypoints" by Alan Forsyth, "Letters From The Dales" by W R Mitchell, proofed copy of "Museum of Baked Beans" by Hunter Davies, "Letters From The Lakes" by W R Mitchell and "Fellwalking With Wainwright" with card from the publishers Michael Joseph to Hunter Davies.

Sold for £40

Twelve signed books by the authors, some with dedications, "Abstract By Nature" by Johnathan Basckin, Geoffrey Winthrop Young by Alan Hankinson, "Flame In The Mountains", "C S Lewis Mr Godfather", "The Places In Between", "In The Company of Heroes", "Robert Southey" by W A Speck, "A Strange Eventful History", "Percy's War", "If We could Speak Like Wolves", "First World War Folk Tales" and "South Croydon Selsdon & Sanderstead".

Estimated: £50 - £80

Thirteen signed local interest books, "Cumberland's Rum Butter Coast" by Bob Orrell, "Lakeland Yesterday" by Irvine Hunt, "The Shepherds Life" by James Rebanks, "Even More Muck" by Joyce Wilson, "Last Post and Reveille" by Patrick of The Hills, "Patrick of the Hills" by Patrick Gordon Duff Pennington, "St Mary's Church in Applethwaite", "A Softer Landscape The Works of Jenny Cowern" by Valerie Rickerby, "Tale of Mrs William Heelis" by John Heelis, "Old Towns and Cities Carlisle" by Kenneth Smith, "The Allerdale Years" by Ted Winter, "Memories of The Lakes" by Mary Scott Parker and Melvyn Bragg "A Christmas Child" signed first edition.

Sold for £40

"Here and There" by C H Underhill, limited edition 28/35 copies, signed in presentation box, leather bound.

Estimated: £30 - £50

"Turnpikes and Toll-Bars" compiled by Mark Searle, volumes 1 & 2 published by Hutchinson & Company London, limited edition 73/500 in two volumes with twelve coloured plates and 515 other illustrations.

Estimated: £80 - £120

Harper Charles G "The Manchester and Glasgow Road", three quarters Morocco gilt, spine with raised bands with gilt coaching motifs in each panel, top edges gilt with 32 plates and numerous text illustrations, published by Chapman & Hall 1907 in two volumes, first edition.

Sold for £40

A collection of English travel and coaching books etc, "Signpost to the Past" by Gelling, "History by the Highways" by M D Anderson, "Coaching Life" by Hanson, "Road Transport in Cumbria in the 19th Century" by L A Williams, "The Old Roads of England" by Addison, "Medieval Roads and Tracks" by Paul Hindle etc.

Estimated: £30 - £50

A collection of local interest books and roads and transport, "Lancashire Stories" by Frank Hird in two volumes, "Kelly's Directory of Cumberland & Westmorland 1929", "The Register of Kendal 1558-1587", "Patterson's Roads" by Edward Mogg with pull out map, undated but early 19th century, "Coaching" by Lord William Pitt Lennox, published in London 1876, "History of Westmorland" by Richard Ferguson, "Memories of Old Kendal" by Jack O'Connor and "The Highway and its Vehicle" by Hilaire Belloc , History and Traditions of Ravenstonedale by  Rev W Nicholls in two volumes c1880 etc.

Sold for £60

Two boxes of books on Quakerism, "The Making of William Penn" by M R Brailsford, "Barely Cumberland and Westmorland Friends" by Ferguson 1871, "Passages From the Life and Writings of George Fox" circa 1890, "Early Friends in Dent", "The Valiant Sixty" by Ernest E Taylor, "A Quaker Lover" by Joseph Adair etc.

Estimated: £40 - £60

Box of books on Quakerism, "The Fells of Swarthmoor Hall" by M Webb 1865, "In Foxes Footsteps" by David and Anthea Bolton, "How The Quakers Invented America", "The Quakers Money and Morals" by James Walvin, "Quakers Register of Ravenstonedale" etc, "Cartmel Quaker Meeting Our First 150 Years", "Victorian Quaker Courtship 1853-1855" etc.

Estimated: £50 - £80

Pen W A Defence of a Paper, entitled "Gospel Truths Against The Exceptions off the Bishop of Cork's Testimony" published in London by T Sowle 1698 (see illustration).

Estimated: £200 - £300

Besse Joseph, a collection of "The Sufferings of The People Called Quakers" From the time of their being first distinguished by the name in the year 1650 -1689, in two volumes, original bindings, published 1753 in London by Luke Hinde.

Sold for £140

Clarkson Thomas, a portraiture of Quakerism, in three volumes, published in London 1806, rebound and "The Household Account Book of Sarah Fell" by Norman Penney, published in Cambridge 1920.

Sold for £50

George Fox possibly his journal, in two volumes, "Life, Travels and Sufferings Christian Experience and Labour of Love of George Fox published in Leeds 1836, rebound and "Foxes Book Of Martyrs", undated 19th century copy.

Estimated: £50 - £80

Five volumes including three by Captain W E Johns, "Biggles of the Special Air Police", "Now To The Stars" and "The Edge of Beyond".

Sold for £80

June Ascot Moss (1932-2023 ARCA), a charcoal and pastel study of four horses heads, signed to the top right Moss. 21 x 29 cm framed and mounted, with label to rear giving history.   Education Bournemouth School of Art Fine Art Painting 1945-1949, Royal College of Art London Fine Art Painting 1951-1954, Lecturer in Fine Art Painting Harris Art School Preston Lancashire 1968-1978 and then Practising Fine Artist 1978-2023 at Newbiggin Hall Carlton Carlisle.

Estimated: £50 - £80

June Ascot Moss (1932-2023 ARCA), a charcoal and pastel drawing of a tree bowl, signed Moss.  22 x 29 cm framed and mounted.

Estimated: £30 - £50

June Ascot Moss (1932-2023 ARCA), an oil on canvas Scottish Loch scene.  21 x 28.5 cm in a gilt frame.

Sold for £50

June Ascot Moss (1932-2023 ARCA), an oil on canvas Slioch (Munro) and Loch Maree, signed to the bottom right.  34 x 39 cm, framed and mounted.

Sold for £85

June Ascot Moss (1932-2023 ARCA), an oil on canvas recumbent nude.  60 x 75 cm, framed.

Estimated: £150 - £250

June Ascot Moss (1932-2023 ARCA), an oil on canvas recumbent nude female figure.  60 x 90 cm, framed.

Estimated: £150 - £250

June Ascot Moss (1932-2023 ARCA), an oil on canvas portrait of a grey haired gentleman.  61 x 51 cm.

Estimated: £50 - £80

June Ascot Moss (1932-2023 ARCA), An oil on canvas Scottish Highland scene with sunset and trees.  81 cm x 102 cm (see illustration).

Sold for £80

June Ascot Moss (1932-2023 ARCA), an oil on canvas still life vase and roses.  61 x 76 cm.

Estimated: £50 - £80

June Ascot Moss (1932-2023 ARCA), a portrait of a gentleman with moustache and thick red hair, circa 1975.  76 x 61 cm.

Estimated: £150 - £250

June Ascot Moss (1932-2023 ARCA), oil on canvas, young man seated in a red jumper.  91 x 91 cm.

Estimated: £150 - £250

June Ascot Moss (1932-2023 ARCA), An oil on canvas portrait of Zakia in colourful clothing.  60 x 49.5 cm in gilt floral frame (see illustration).

Sold for £350

Percy Kelly (1918-1993), a pen and ink illustrated letter "Railway Bridge Seaton Workington Cumberland 1959", the letter dated March '85.  21 cm x 29 cm, with open back viewing the reverse of the letter. ARR (see illustration).

Sold for £450

Two antiquarian coloured engravings "The South East View at Lanercost Priory in the County of Cumberland" and "The South East View of St Bees Priory in the County of Cumberland".  Each 20 cm x 38 cm, dated 1739.

Sold for £85

A Chinese painting on silk, flowers and vases. 37 cm x 34 cm, early 20th century, framed, glazed.

Sold for £110

William Mitchell Maryport, oil on canvas "Ullswater from Gowbarrow Park", signed verso W Mitchell 1884.  49 cm x 74.5 cm (see illustration).

Sold for £350

William Mitchell, oil on canvas, probably Borrowdale.  49.5 cm x 74.5 cm.

Sold for £380

William Mitchell, oil on canvas "Thirlmere and Helvellyn".  49.5 cm x 74 cm, framed, signed and dated 1884 verso.

Sold for £300

Len Roope (1917-2005), watercolour industrial scene. 21 cm x 32.5 cm, signed.

Sold for £70

M Donat, oil on panel, gentleman fishing in a woodland river, signed M Donat and with label to rear from W Fieldhouse Carver and Guilder 5 Mercer Row Louth. 16.5 x 24 cm, framed and mounted.

Estimated: £100 - £150

Tom Dearden (1942-2020), a pen ink and watercolour sketch of Darnforth Avenue Toronto, signed and dated 2/7/99. 7.5 x 11.5 cm, framed and mounted.

Estimated: £50 - £80

R G Storr, a monotype "Hill Farm" dated to rear 19/11/79, purchased by the vendor at Abbott Hall Kendal. 18.5 x 38 cm, framed and mounted.

Sold for £25

Michael Bennett (1934-2016), an embossed print "Dark Valley I" 10/20, signed and dated 1977. 12 x 12 cm, framed and mounted. ARR.

Sold for £40

Michael Bennett (1934-2016), oil on board "Estuary Study". 16.5 x 22 cm framed. ARR (see illustration).

Sold for £260

Michael Bennett (1934-2016), an oil painting on board "Marine Horizon I". 10 x 22 cm, signed and dated '76, framed and mounted. ARR.

Sold for £170

Michael Bennett (1934-2016), an oil painting on handmade paper "Sun and Snow Black Combe Series No 14 Norman Nicholson".  25 x 28 cm, framed and mounted and with Castlegate House Gallery label to the rear. ARR.

Sold for £250

Michael Bennett (1934-2016), an oil painting on paper "Evening Low Sun I" titled to rear and dated 1978. 21.5 x 23 cm, framed and mounted. ARR.

Sold for £380

Joseph Bell (Joe), a watercolour "Ravenglass" 16 x 23.5 cm, framed and mounted.

Sold for £32

George Nelson (1821-1905), oil on board of Whitehaven Harbour. 19 x 28.5 cm, framed and mounted (see illustration).

Sold for £90

Alfred Wainwright (1907-1991), two signed prints, "Skelwith Force" 15 x 17 cm, and "View From Orrest Head" 12.5 x 20 cm, both framed and mounted.

Sold for £55

T S Hutton? a late Victorian watercolour, depicting a seaside village. 25 x 45 cm, framed and mounted.

Estimated: £50 - £80

Edward Horace Thompson (1879-1949), a watercolour Derwentwater and Friars Crag. 29 x 45 cm, framed and mounted.

Sold for £550

Edward Horace Thompson (1879-1949), watercolour Crummock and Buttermere with Fleetwith Pike, signed and dated 1923, titled to rear "An August afternoon Buttermere Crummock with Honister Crag from Melbreak".  34 x 49 cm, framed and mounted (see illustration).

Sold for £650

Elsie Oglethorpe, a pair of watercolours depicting Allonby, dated May 2003 and May 2004. 28 x 38 cm, framed and mounted.

Sold for £65

Edward Horace Thompson (1879-1949), watercolour "Autumn Derwentwater and Bassenthwaite from above Lodore". 35 x 25 cm, framed and mounted (see illustration).

Sold for £420

Edward Horace Thompson (1879-1949), watercolour "A summer afternoon Windermere and its islands from Wansfell". 35 x 25 cm (see illustration).

Sold for £420

Keith Bowen (Welsh born 1950), a pastel drawing of Glenn Tubman (the voice of many Cumbrian agricultural shows), the picture illustrated in the book "Ivver Sen" Lake District the life & times of the men and women who worked the land by Keith Richardson. 57 x 40 cm, framed and mounted. comes with a copy of Ivver Sen, signed by Keith Richardson, Keith Bowen and Glenn Tubman.

Estimated: £300 - £500

Walter F Parker (1914-2010 member of The Lake Artists Society), watercolour "Grange Bridge Borrowdale", signed and dated 1997. 38 x 53 cm, framed and mounted.

Sold for £55

B Joseph, 20th century oil on canvas of four Red Crowned Cranes. 120 x 151 cm, framed.

Sold for £320

Walter Follen Bishop (1856-1936), watercolour of a country farm with fishermen, signed to bottom left. 37 x 25 cm, framed.

Estimated: £40 - £60

Charles Sim Mottram RBA (1852-1919), a watercolour "Mevagissey Mackerel Boats", signed and dated 08. 34 x 49 cm, framed and mounted.

Sold for £45

Toyokuni III a Japanese print Sumo Wrestler. 23.5 cm x 37 cm, framed and with various character marks and signatures.

Sold for £50

An oil painting on canvas beach scene, with mother and child and dog. 29 x 45 cm, framed together with a harbour scene oil on board. 34 x 44 cm, framed and mounted.

Sold for £30

Wilfred Knox (Arthur D Bell 1887-1966), a watercolour harbour scene, signed and dated 1946. 25 x 36 cm, framed and mounted.

Estimated: £20 - £30

A pair of oil paintings on board, depicting sailing ships, both signed to the bottom right. 29 x 38.5 cm, framed.

Sold for £35

J A Lawson, a pair of oil paintings on canvas, the first depicting "The Lizard", the second "Hunstanton", both with hand written note to rear J A Lawson 1896. 14 x 22 cm in gilt frames.

Estimated: £30 - £50

Attributed to J A Lawson, a pair of oil paintings on canvas river landscapes. 14 x 22 cm in gilt frames.

Estimated: £30 - £50

Two cricket prints, the first "The Grand Jubilee Match, played Monday July 1837", 23 x 25 cm, framed and mounted and "View of The City of Chichester", 19 25 cm, framed and mounted.

Estimated: £30 - £50

William Russell Flint a signed print. 44 x 61 cm.

Sold for £35

Three watercolours by an Italian prisoner of war dated 1943, thought to be Bruno di Sopra. Largest "Mogadishu" 51 x 36 cm framed and mounted.

Sold for £70

After J Voyet, a mid century set of four fishing boats. 54 x 56 cm.

Sold for £20

An oil painting on board of a tarn and mountain scene. 25 cm x 58 cm, framed, no visible signature. Gallery stamp "Gallery 24 Lowther Street Carlisle".

Estimated: £150 - £250

Attributed to William Oliver (1823-1901), oil on canvas "Entrance to Town of Carmona Seville Spain".  64.5 cm x 100 cm in gilt frame, inked verso, relined and cleaned 8/81 (see illustration).

Estimated: £1000 - £1500

Anton Kozakiewicz oil on board, Russian soldier and female figure standing outside a cottage.  31.5 cm x 23 cm, framed, signed (see illustration).

Sold for £1500

W Winner (19th century British), oil on canvas coastal scene.  28.5 cm x 54 cm, framed, signed and dated 1882 bottom left-hand corner.

Sold for £240

Ruiz (19th century Spanish School), oil on canvas Barber Shop with snuff takers.  43 cm x 53.5 cm, framed, signed and dated Sevilla (1894).

Sold for £850

William Anslow Thornbery (1847-1907), oil on board "Moonlit Coastal Scene".  17 cm x 24.5 cm, framed, signed bottom left corner (see illustration).

Estimated: £150 - £250

A J N Francis, oil on canvas shepherd with dog and sheep in snowy evening landscape.  31 cm x 46 cm, unframed, signed and dated bottom left 1909.

Sold for £50

W E Jones (1849-1871), oil on board "Our English Lanes", scene near Chard Somerset.  15 cm x 25 cm, framed, unsigned label verso.

Estimated: £40 - £60

Attributed to Walter Heath Williams (1835-1906), a pair of oil paintings on canvas, pastoral scenes.  Each 29 cm x 54 cm, framed, unsigned (see illustration).

Sold for £700

Moore, oil on canvas "Moonlit River Scene".  32 cm x 43 cm, unframed, signed and dated 1889 bottom left.

Sold for £170

T Whittle the younger (1856-1897), a pair of oil paintings on canvas pastoral scenes, each 44.5 cm x 34 cm in original frames, both signed bottom right-hand corner and dated 1889 and 1890 respectively.

Estimated: £200 - £300

Thomas Sewell Robins (1810-1880), oil on canvas coastal scene with fishing vessels.  48 cm x 71 cm, framed, unsigned label verso, cleaned and relined September 1973.

Sold for £220

Frederick James Aldridge (1850-1933), watercolour on paper "Towing Into Port".  35 cm x 53 cm, framed, signed.

Sold for £65

Arthur Wilde Parsons (1854-1931), oil on canvas.  51 cm x 76 cm, unframed, signed and dated 1884, relined.

Sold for £70

A Victorian watercolour, cottage by lane. 18 cm x 23 cm, framed, together with an oil on board still life apples and grapes. 16.5 cm x 24 cm, framed.

Sold for £65

Becker a late 19th century Scottish School oil painting on canvas. 46 x 144 cm, framed, signed.

Estimated: £80 - £120

H J Gibbins, four watercolours including Spain and Nice, each in rosewood veneered frames, all signed. 20 x 32 cm.

Estimated: £250 - £350

A 17th century portrait of a gentleman, oval oil on canvas, believed to be a General who served with the First Duke of Marlborough. 111 x 91 cm, relined. NOTE: This painting has always been oval.

Sold for £650

A painting of gentleman riding wearing a top hat, dated 1858 and two 1843 oval silhouettes, framed and mounted.

Sold for £35

An oil painting on canvas, Carthorses in landscape. 24 x 19 cm, framed indistinctly signed.

Estimated: £20 - £30

S J Penny, an early 20th century watercolour "Cottage At Littleham Devon" 27 x 36 cm, framed, signed and dated 1918.

Estimated: £20 - £30

After N Petit, two engravings Aborigines "Terre de Diemen". "Bar-Ourou and Paraberi", each 23 cm x 16.5 cm, mounted and framed.

Estimated: £20 - £30

A set of four military pictures mounted in gold frames, each image postcard size.

Estimated: £20 - £30

A 19th century oil painting on canvas laid onto board of a bride wearing a pearl necklace. 39 x 49 cm, framed.

Estimated: £350 - £450

W Martin, an oil painting on canvas steam tug and other sailing vessels off a pier. 29.5 cm x 44 cm, framed.

Estimated: £70 - £100